. >>> on wednesday mitt romney supporters were vocal about the final outcome including top surrogate governor chris christie of new jersey. >> i'm extraordinarily disappointed. i put a lot of time and effort into the mitt romney campaign from last october going to new hampshire to endorse him through to my last trip for him the friday before the storm in north carolina. i was surprised that it ended as quickly as it did. but that's the way it goes. people decide elections. so my job as an elected official is to move forward after that. i'm not goings to spend a lot of time looking in my rear view mirror. >>> the new jersey governor remained defiant in the face of some criticism he's taken from corners of his party for praising president obama's help in the response to hurricane sandy. >> i'm a guy who tells the truth all the time. and if the president of the united states does something good, i was going to say so and give him credit for it. but it doesn't take away for a minute the fact that i was the first governor in america to endorse mitt romney, that i traveled literally tens o